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Death, Life, or Love—Unbounded Always Play for Keeps
There are only two ways to kill Unbounded, and fire isn’t one of them—as law school dropout Erin Radkey learns the hard way. By fluke of a recessive gene, she has become Unbounded, a nearly immortal being with paranormal abilities.
Erin’s Change separates her from her loved ones and alters everything she believes to be true. A week earlier she was considering a marriage proposal; now she contemplates the best way to stay alive. Caught in a battle between two Unbounded groups, the Emporium and the Renegades, she is also hunted by a secret mortal society sworn to eradicate the Unbounded gene.
As Erin plunges into this dangerous new life, she must carve out her own place in the madness, protect her mortal family, and decide which group she should join. Her unique ability is vital to both groups in the race to secure an identification software that spells death for all Unbounded—or enslavement for the entire mortal world. Some will stop at nothing to use Erin as one more pawn in a battle that has spanned centuries. Erin’s undeniable attraction to Ritter Langton, whose family was massacred by opposing Unbounded two hundred and forty years ago, complicates her choices. There are no second chances. Death, life, or love—Unbounded always play for keeps.
Non-stop action, terrifying consequences, and powerful romance make The Change an exciting addition to the world of romantic urban fantasy.
Praise for the UNBOUNDED series:
“Excellent and well written!”
“I recommend reading the entire series”
“Thoroughly enjoyable”
“High action and adventure”
“Teyla Branton belongs right alongside Patricia Briggs, Kim Harrison, Jennifer Estep, and Kelly Armstrong.”
Unbounded Series
1. The Change
2. The Cure
3. Protectors (which contains Ava's Revenge, Mortal Brother, and Set Ablaze)
4. The Escape
5. The Reckoning
6. Lethal Engagement
7. The Takeover
8. The Avowed
More coming soon!
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date29 November 2013
- File size1044 KB
Product details
- ASIN : B00AYJJF4O
- Publisher : White Star Press; 3rd edition (29 November 2013)
- Language : English
- File size : 1044 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 358 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,584 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 3 in Alternative History
- 8 in Dark Fantasy Horror
- Customer Reviews:
About the authors
International bestselling author Rachel Branton has worked in publishing for over twenty years. She loves writing women's fiction and traveling, and she hopes to write and travel a lot more. As a mother of seven, it's not easy to find time to write, but the semi-ordered chaos gives her a constant source of writing material. She warns her children that if they don't behave, they just might find themselves in her next book! She's been known to wear pajamas all day when working on a deadline, and is often distracted enough to burn dinner. (Okay, pretty much 90% of the time.) A sign on her office door reads: Danger. Enter at Your Own Risk. Writer at Work. Under the name Rachel Branton, she writes romance, romantic suspense, and women's fiction. Rachel also writes urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction under the name Teyla Branton. For a free ebook and to hear about new releases, please visit http://www.RachelBranton.com.
International bestselling author Teyla Branton grew up avidly reading science fiction and fantasy and watching Star Trek reruns with her large family. They lived on a little farm where she loved to visit the solitary cow and collect (and juggle) the eggs, usually making it back to the house with most of them intact. On that same farm she once owned thirty-three gerbils and eighteen cats, not a good mix, as it turns out. Teyla always had her nose in a book and daydreamed about someday creating her own worlds. She is now married, mostly grown up, and has seven kids, including a five-year-old, so life at her house can be very interesting (and loud), but writing keeps her sane. Grabbing any snatch of free time from her hectic life, she escapes to her office to write. She loves guns, martial arts, and belly dancing. Teyla writes urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction. She also writes romance and romantic suspense under the name Rachel Branton. For a free ebook and to hear about new releases, please visit http://www.TeylaBranton.com.
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Trying to fit too many characters and adventure scenes seem to have diluted much needed character development, plot, emotional connections within relationships instead of these insta-love, ie kissing Keene and Ritter.
In the end I can conclude that this can be read as a YA as there’s a juvenile feel to it.
Grief, betrayal, death, revenge, action, lust - The Change has it all.
Will definitely be getting The Cure to find out what the hell happens between Erin and Ritter because, my god, the tension and attraction between these two is intense *fans face* 😄
The story was good and I felt it was quite original and the story went at a good pace. There is a lot of action and very little downtime which is what I like in a book!
Who are the good guys ?
Who are the villains ?
A completely different aspect of coming of age and developing powers.
Who can be trusted ?
Top reviews from other countries

I was intrigued by the set-up. But let down by various things.
The point of view is from the perspective of Erin. A newly revealed "Unbounded" who are a rare subset of humanity that age a LOT slower than normal. They also have incredible regenerative/healing abilities that make them almost unkillable. Erin is in her early 30's. My problem with Erin is that she is written to seem read like a teen in a YA novel. I like YA novels, but it just didn't work for this story.
Most of the other characters are very meh too. There are goodies and baddies with most characters clearly falling into one category or another. It just felt too simplistic and binary. None of the characters were otherwise compelling.
The plot was interesting but predictable.
The book seemed to be fighting itself to veer towards Romance or Speculative Thriller without mastering either.
I wanted to like The Change, but I just can't. I will not be reading the rest of the series.

The Change is the beginning of a series about Unbounded - those with special gifts...no spoilers.
I loved the characters and unravelling mystery that surrounded Erin and the new world she must enter to survive.
It's not what you may think and definitely worth reading.
Highly recommended.

This book starts as it means to go on with fast moving action and multiple characters being introduced. Erin Radkey wakes up in hospital from a horrific car crash which should have killed her, to find not only is she still alive, but recovering unexpectedly quickly.
She soon finds out the reason for her rapid healing is that she is 'unbounded', which means she has a gene which allows her extended mortality and that she has the power to heal herself. Each unbounded person is also blessed with a specific skill.
It is from here on out we meet her fellow unbounded counterparts who inform her of true nature, and initially prevent her from going about her former life, but events soon spiral out of control as Hunters intervene, and try to kill Erin her fellow unbounded, she is also introduced to the fact a a rival group exist who wish to wipe out her group. Erin finds herself fighting for her life and her families lives, as well as forming new relationships amongst endlessly conflicting information, regarding her existence, and who she should trust.
I loved this brilliant concept and the ablility of the author to keep the story evolving with twists to the stories arc constantly taking the reader in different directions. This is has very well written with fully imagined characters and situations. She also manages to give enough depth to each person, so that the lines between good and bad are very much blurred, and no character is all good or all bad, even the hunters.
This is a fun and very exciting adventure which keeps the reader on the edge of thier seat, never letting you second guess where it is going next. Can't wait to read number two in this fantastic trilogy.

Branton highlights the struggles of these Unbounded humans in regards to relationships with family who inevitably they will see grow old and die. Some Unbounded even embark on relationships with ordinary humans, have children, and have to live with the possibility that they will watch them die too, unless on the off chance, one of their children inherit the gene. Unbounded female’s bodies reject birth control, and those who have lived for years and have felt the hurt of loss, understandably take a committed view on sex.
Erin Radkey is in an horrific car crash, severely burnt, and on the brink of death. That is, until her fourth great grandmother and a team of Unbounded known as Renegades steal her from the hospital, heal her, and introduce her to an Unbounded war between the Renegades, Mortal ‘hunters’, and the Emporium. Erin has to deal with her new life, the possibility of never seeing the only family she has ever known again, and picking a side in the deadly war.
The characters are well rounded and developed with personal stories and backgrounds that the reader is shown in snippets. We get to know Erin and the changes she is experiencing, and her new romance, although it feels doomed from the start, is engaging and real.
I thoroughly enjoyed this story and the writer’s ability to build a believable world with realistic consequences. I gave it 4 out of 5 stars due to a fast paced plot twist in the mid section of the book that left my head spinning. I understand the motivation behind the twist (no spoilers), but it wasn’t drawn out enough for me to fully grasp the emotions, and the impact that should have been huge, felt a little disappointing. That being said, the fast moving story line is hypnotic and kept me turning the pages. I finished The Change in 3 days.
I would highly recommend this book, and I can’t wait to crack on with book two in the series.

The premise is interesting, the development believable (although no-one seems to have a handle on telling the truth, which got a bit frustrating)
I shall have to get the next in the series...
Recommended